Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) reportedly distributed gadgets like fidget spinners and stress balls to his colleagues ahead of the hours-long Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, Roll Call reported.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), forced to stay off of the campaign trail due to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, is reportedly struggling with boredom and has been spotted yawning, “shuffling in his chair,” and reading the back of a tin containing what appeared to be lozenges throughout the hours-long process.
Leading Senate Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) left Wednesday’s impeachment trial early, about an hour before her colleagues adjourned, it was reported on Wednesday.
The Senate will start the third day of the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump Wednesday, beginning at 1:00 P.M. Eastern.
The Democrats in recent days have quickly latched on to the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s claims about President Trump’s hold on military aid to Ukraine, making the disputed charge a centerpiece of their impeachment campaign.
CNN political analyst Joe Lockhart on Wednesday made up a conversation between Republican senators on day two of the Senate impeachment trial, updating his claim roughly ten minutes later and admitting that he made the entire exchange up.
Iran’s state-run PressTV media outlet repeated its claims on Wednesday of widespread American casualties after Tehran launched a ballistic missile assault on Iraqi airbases this month, accusing the Pentagon of “taking advantage” of the Senate impeachment trial to hide the injuries.
Bernie Sanders is displeased with the Senate impeachment trial schedule, urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to “hold the trial at a time when the American people can observe it and not at two o’clock in the morning.”
The Senate tabled Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) amendment that would subpoena additional documents before the House impeachment managers begin their opening statement.
WASHINGTON, DC — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) argued on Tuesday that a refusal by the Senate to agree to Democrats’ demand to allow new witnesses and evidence in the impeachment trial without a vote would deem President Donald Trump guilty regardless of the verdict.
The Senate will debate the rules and procedures affecting the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump Tuesday.
“These articles of impeachment are constitutionally invalid on their face,” the response to the Senate impeachment summons reads. “They fail to allege any crime or violation of law whatsoever let alone high crimes and misdemeanors.”
House Democrat leaders pursuing the removal of President Donald Trump from office appear reluctant to let go of their investigation after voting to impeach him last month, even after Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate this week.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) brushed off a question from CNN reporter Manu Raju on Thursday, calling him a “liberal hack.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is threatening to force the Senate to vote on subpoenaing Hunter Biden and the “whistleblower” in the event that his Republican colleagues side with Democrats and their demand for more impeachment witnesses — a move that would put some of them in vulnerable positions from a reelection standpoint.
The White House signaled Wednesday the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump would not last longer than two weeks, suggesting the Senate would move quickly to try the case.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declared herself “sad” as she used more than a dozen commemorative pens to sign the two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is reportedly working with a “fairly small group” of Republican senators to garner support for impeachment witnesses.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spent months attempting to bring his entire caucus, including moderates, together in support of an impeachment procedure that would allow the chamber to move forward with a trial framework while ignoring Democrat leaders’ requests.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), whose campaign is running largely on the issue of climate change, may increase his private jet usage during the Senate impeachment trial, allowing him to jet back and forth between D.C. and early primary and caucus states, his senior campaign adviser Jeff Weaver stated this week.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said the Senate impeachment trial should follow the precedent of former President Bill Clinton’s, giving the GOP enough votes to block the Democrats’ immediate demand for witnesses.
Conservative grassroots groups praised Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) legislation Friday to dismiss the Democrats’ impeachment trial.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Friday said that the Senate will continue to conduct “ordinary business” until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) musters the courage to send the articles of impeachment to the upper chamber.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Thursday he will introduce legislation to dismiss the Democrats’ impeachment trial, calling House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) withholding of the articles of impeachment an “abuse of the Constitution.”
Freshman Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) could imperil his chances of getting reelected to the U.S. Senate whether he votes for or against impeachment, according to a report released Monday.
Joe Biden’s testimony would establish a legitimate basis for Trump’s Ukraine inquiry. He could invoke the Fifth but not quash a subpoena.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) said he believes that 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden “would be subject to subpoena power and could be compelled” to testify at the Senate’s impeachment
During an interview with the Des Moines Register on Friday, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stated that if he was subpoenaed to testify at the Senate’s impeachment trial, he would not comply, and that if he testified it
President Donald Trump delivered his Christmas message from the White House on Wednesday, calling for the country to foster a greater sense of “understanding and respect.”
Nancy Pelosi’s delay violates the Sixth Amendment. The only “fair trial” possible now must result in a dismissal.
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) stated that eventually, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will have to send the House’s impeachment articles over to the Senate. Cohen began by saying that he believes the Senate’s approach
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” House Democratic Chief Deputy Whip Dan Kildee (D-MI) stated that he isn’t “sure how much leverage” House Democrats have over Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on an impeachment trial, and that if
House Democrats are still hoping to impeach President Donald Trump over allegations resulting from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report earlier this year into “Russia collusion,” though Mueller found none existed.
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News @ Night,” Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “has no leverage at all” with the Senate on impeachment, and if Pelosi doesn’t send the articles,
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Reporting,” Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) said that the Senate didn’t want an impeachment trial to begin with and if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) doesn’t send impeachment articles, the Senate
Senate leaders signaled on Thursday that the details of the Senate impeachment trial will largely remain a mystery heading into the New Year.
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman, who testified as a Democrat witness in the House Judiciary Committee’s public hearings on impeachment, argued that President Donald Trump is technically not impeached until the House submits the articles to the Senate.
As House Democrats disgrace themselves with their partisan vote to impeach President Trump, it is Rep. Adam Schiff who should come under immediate impeachment investigation for his role in perpetuating the Ukraine narrative targeting the president.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) on Wednesday evening definitively stated that President Trump “abused our diplomatic relationships and undermined our national security for his own personal, political gain” and signaled that she is prepared to take impeachment action in the Senate.
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that he is willing to delay transmitting the House’s impeachment articles to the Senate for “As long as it takes” to get concessions on how the
